Crash claims Marion motorcycle rider’s life

A 26-year-old Marion Township man died in a single-motorcycle crash early Monday morning in Genoa Township, the Livingston County sheriff said.

Sheriff Bob Bezotte said preliminary investigation indicates Tell Joseph-Morrison Allen was westbound on Brighton Road at about 2 a.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve just past Bauer Road.

Bezotte said Allen’s 2012 Harley-Davidson motorcycle left the road and struck “several” trees near Mt. Brighton Drive, east of Bauer Road and just west of downtown Brighton. The sheriff said witnesses indicated that Allen was traveling “at a high rate of speed,” but what that might be is still under investigation.

Allen was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff said.

Police said Allen, a 2006 Howell High School graduate, was not wearing a helmet. Alcohol is a possible factor in the crash, police said.

Assisting the Sheriff’s Department at the scene were personnel from the Brighton Police Department, Brighton Area Fire Department, Hamburg Township Police Department, Michigan State Police and Livingston County EMS.

This incident remains under investigation by the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department Traffic Safety Bureau.